Field of Razors

You grind a chunk of metal to fine dust between your hands and blow it into the air, where it grows into a tangle of wires covered in razor-sharp prongs in a 20-foot-radius Sphere around a point you choose within range. The wires and prongs are of the same type of magic used for the material component of this spell. The area is Difficult Terrain, and a creature that moves through the area takes 3d4 Slashing damage per 5 feet moved.   If a creature takes Slashing or Piercing damage while inside the affected area, or takes damage from Bleeding while in the area, you can use your Reaction to cause the thicket to grow, increasing the radius of the Sphere by 5 feet, to a maximum of a 40-foot-radius Sphere.   When the spell ends, the chunk of metal used as a material component reforms in your hand.   At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a higher level spell slot, increase the damage taken from moving by 1d4.
 

 

 

You grind a chunk of your choice of metal to fine dust between your hands and blow it into the air, where it grows into a tangle of wires covered in razor-sharp prongs. The metal must be of a type you currently have in your possession. The covered area is difficult terrain. A creature that moves through the area takes 5 slashing damage per square traversed.   If a creature takes slashing, piercing, or persistent bleed damage while inside the thicket, you can spend a reaction to grow the iron in the shed blood into additional wires, expanding the burst by 5 feet. You can grow the area four times in this way, to a maximum of a 40-foot burst.   The barbed wires are made of the metal you chose and activate resistances, weaknesses, and the like normally. The metal reforms in your possession when the spell ends.

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Heightened (+1) The damage per square increases by 2.